Colorado § 1-7.5-205 Counting mail ballots

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-7.5-205 — Counting mail ballots

Colorado § 1-7.5-205

Title 01Elections

Art.Mail Ballot Elections

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7.5-205 (2026).

Text

(1)Mail ballots and any ballots cast at a voter service and polling center in lieu of a mail ballot must be counted after delivery of the ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-203 and after preparation of the ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-204.

(2)Mail ballots must be counted in one of the following ways:

(a)In counties that use paper ballots, the mail ballots may be counted in the same manner as paper ballots.

(b)Any county may use electronic vote-tabulating equipment for the counting of mail ballots in the same manner provided for the counting of ballots in part 6 of article 5 and parts 4 and 5 of article 7 of this title.

(c)Repealed.

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(1) Mail ballots and any ballots cast at a
voter service and polling center in lieu of a mail ballot must be counted after
delivery of the ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-203 and after preparation of the
ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-204.

(2) Mail ballots must be counted in one of the following ways:

(a) In counties that use paper ballots, the mail ballots may be counted in the
same manner as paper ballots.

(b) Any county may use electronic vote-tabulating equipment for the
counting of mail ballots in the same manner provided for the counting of ballots in
part 6 of article 5 and parts 4 and 5 of article 7 of this title.

(c) Repealed.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 740, � 92, effective May 10. L. 2024: (2)(c) repealed, (SB 24-210), ch. 468, p. 3256, � 40, effective June 6.